Western Austrralia’s  plantation timber industry ( which we should all support ) is failing. It can’t compete with the bargain basement prices of our last remaining native hardwoods . Our government  sees votes in  “jobs for the boys” in sawmills. Outlandishly generous timber amounts were promised to millworkers  in my town of Nannup by Terry Redman…

Swalesare a water harvesting, food forest  establishment system which work for centuries passively building topsoil and holding water in the landscape which would otherwise run off into the sea. Swales have been proven to green the desert, manage salt, reverse land degradation and restore deserts to productive landscapes. Geoff Lawton’s  acclaimed video “Greening the Desert”…